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Algebra II-A 1.27

 
 
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Algebra II-A 1.27
SongKevin - 2020年06月7日 Sunday 12:42
 

Hi, I am very confused about what to do. I added and subtracted ab like someone else said  in a reply to a previous post about this question but I still don't know what to do. Please help!

 
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Re: Algebra II-A 1.27
ProfessorAreteem - 2020年06月8日 Monday 20:40
 

Here's an extra hint: Try to group some of the terms (included the newly added $ab$ and $-ab$) and find common factors. For example, $a^3b - ab^3 = ab(a^2 - b^2)$.